Best Summer Dinner Salad With Creamy Caper Dressing Recipes

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SEVEN-LAYER SALAD WITH DILL-CAPER DRESSING



Seven-Layer Salad with Dill-Caper Dressing image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     appetizer

Time 20m

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/2 cup mayonnaise, preferably reduced-fat
1/2 cup sour cream, preferably reduced fat
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
1 tablespoon small rinsed capers
Salt and coarsely ground black pepper
Hot red pepper sauce
2 romaine hearts, trimmed and torn into bite-sized pieces
1/2 pint cherry or grape tomatoes
2 medium carrots, shredded
2 celery ribs, sliced into 1/8-inch-thick pieces
1 medium sweet red or yellow pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
1 cup fresh corn kernels, blanched in boiling water for 2 minutes, drained, and rinsed
1 seedless cucumber, sliced into 1/8-inch-thick rounds

Steps:

  • To make the dressing: Mix the mayonnaise, sour cream, Dijon mustard, dill, and capers in a small bowl. Season, to taste, with salt, pepper, and hot sauce.
  • Layer the vegetables in a large glass bowl in the following order: romaine, tomatoes, carrots, celery, red pepper, and corn. Arrange overlapping slices of the cucumber on top. Spread the dressing over the cucumbers.
  • Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 8 hours. Just before serving, toss well.

LEMON-CAPER DRESSING



Lemon-Caper Dressing image

Here's a salad dressing that falls somewhere between special-occasion Caesar and "toss lemon juice and olive oil onto lettuce." By adding a craggy paste of capers and garlic and a pouf of shaved Parmesan to the lemon and olive oil, you get a puckery, salty mix that's packed with umami, just like Caesar, but isn't weighed down by mayonnaise or egg yolks. It works great on arugula, Romaine, kale or radicchio; steamed or roasted vegetables; hard-boiled eggs; and even grains. The recipe developer's mom has been feeding her this dressing since she could chew. Ali adds a bit more garlic and lemon than what you'll find here, so adjust it until it tastes good to you.

Provided by Ali Slagle

Categories     dinner, easy, lunch, dips and spreads, sauces and gravies, appetizer, side dish

Time 5m

Yield 1/2 cup

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 medium garlic clove
Black pepper (about 1/4 teaspoon)
1 teaspoon capers (about 18)
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
5 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Steps:

  • On a cutting board, smash and coarsely mince the garlic. Add 10 grinds of fresh pepper and the capers to the garlic. Chop and press down on the mixture with the side of your knife until a coarse paste forms.
  • Transfer the paste to a bowl, then stir in the lemon juice, followed by the Parmesan. Slowly add in the olive oil, stirring until emulsified. Taste on a lettuce leaf (or whatever you're dressing) and adjust as needed with acid (lemon), fat (olive oil), and salt (capers and cheese).

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 771, UnsaturatedFat 51 grams, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fat 72 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 26 grams, SaturatedFat 19 grams, Sodium 1033 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams

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